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Supporting Mothers’ Engagement in a Community-Based Methadone Treatment Program
Joint Authors
Letourneau, Nicole
Colpitts, Jennifer
Woodland, Jennifer
Campbell, Mary Ann
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-05-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Unmanaged maternal opioid addiction poses health and social risks to both mothers and children in their care.
Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is a targeted public health service to which nurses and other allied health professionals may refer these high risk families for support.
Mothers participating in MMT to manage their addiction and their service providers were interviewed to identify resources to maximize mothers’ engagement in treatment and enhance mothers’ parenting capacity.
Twelve mothers and six service providers were recruited from an outpatient Atlantic Canadian methadone treatment program.
Two major barriers to engagement in MMT were identified by both mothers and service providers including (1) the lack of available and consistent childcare while mothers attended outpatient programs and (2) challenges with transportation to the treatment facility.
All participants noted the potential benefits of adding supportive resources for the children of mothers involved in MMT and for mothers to learn how to communicate more effectively with their children and rebuild damaged mother-child relationships.
The public health benefits of integrating parent-child ancillary supports into MMT for mothers are discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Letourneau, Nicole& Campbell, Mary Ann& Woodland, Jennifer& Colpitts, Jennifer. 2013. Supporting Mothers’ Engagement in a Community-Based Methadone Treatment Program. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513902
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Letourneau, Nicole…[et al.]. Supporting Mothers’ Engagement in a Community-Based Methadone Treatment Program. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513902
American Medical Association (AMA)
Letourneau, Nicole& Campbell, Mary Ann& Woodland, Jennifer& Colpitts, Jennifer. Supporting Mothers’ Engagement in a Community-Based Methadone Treatment Program. Nursing Research and Practice. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513902
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-513902